I was always wary of using drugs to solve my problems (I always thought I should just apply more willpower), but then my anxiety got so bad that I cried every day for nearly a year. Going on SSRIs immediately made a massive difference. I only cry about once a month now and have far more good days than bad.
Similarly, sucking it up and taking ibuprofen when I feel a migraine starting is way better than ‘powering through’ it. You requested only one problem-solution pair per answer, so I’ll generalize this to ‘significant life improvements when I stopped blindly rejecting drugs on principle.’
I was always wary of using drugs to solve my problems (I always thought I should just apply more willpower), but then my anxiety got so bad that I cried every day for nearly a year. Going on SSRIs immediately made a massive difference. I only cry about once a month now and have far more good days than bad.
Similarly, sucking it up and taking ibuprofen when I feel a migraine starting is way better than ‘powering through’ it. You requested only one problem-solution pair per answer, so I’ll generalize this to ‘significant life improvements when I stopped blindly rejecting drugs on principle.’